Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-05-14

MoD Co0pos's Ioo0uss foe bssGs oDl
hsoW ls1oe q their habitA, ~ q sreas . -
o6eosvasSoa aad acqusintanoo Win ueoo eol
nowen ass eloss sud sceuraae Thh y Whal
shs aw % cue day, sboos shis tlus q ~
month os Msy,
"Tes lake very bssuuful thsss y elssr,
. -. ssc . a1s M q !he year dslieee, 80 80.
the assnosphsss Of stiii spfise day, Which &
10 beautiful heemooy will th0 seesoa." Yea
90 n0ll0o thls even On sAo Waosss a toe
CousseoDA though not - markedly - O {
ar.ss osc.de.; despes, and more p'sosd shsss ol
"a pleasant hour toward evening, pasleG
70 and fro under Q milo, cloudy cay, near ~
osl0Oe the 6ude seemed 20 hov0 oollooeo0
there tor our special omusemeut bat % eool-
~ weee ss.re6sed, no dosbt, y leseces Sso9
have SEA this spsi19. end several amoDg ~
party were ol moro intessee thou usual
swallows ~ SCORES, chimney, barn ood
whits-btllOd, were salling about ~ - coese.
Is. S bss bss :s = ps e. g.. scS. 2. nss sSs Inc:
hsve touchsd them. A PhoebS bird -
Quietiy o. Q maple branch within Q seooe's
throw, giving ~ song ever and eaoo, = We
pveeed up and down they hsvo . tliCk ol
ss,ss e :sss .sy O. nv 70: ::%s sS ~ H., = 70
much given 70 build about bridgsa R0olne
weee there, Of ooursa, they ere never out Of
ej9he % this eooo0u eparr0ws were eto1llug
in md out Of the bushes, while eolddocns6
theas we're oil familiar H wss . couple os
little birds nuttering about the blossowe of .
red maple, thes chiefly stasscssd our atssu.
tious nom thsir novelty; thsir yellow, en6
rs, re-, and % Ssown n.is msrainsS and ps'uiiss .ss
beoncheA were new 70 ". This pretty
straugee bed scarcely flown away, Whoa q
great, awkward Kingnshes rooo from the
river, paDing shove the bridge scroaming
nearer s6sn hs bed suppossd !; Ss also Ss.
down the river. Then . party Of chicodees
alighted among the alder busheA Thsse
we're followed BY couple Of beautiful little
knights ruby crowns. among the smallest OF
wsre moving about us, great hawk, Of the
largest siEe came along from ths lake, and
continued wheeling for some time over Q
grove OF pines Ia an adjoining Aeld. We
were not learned enough 70 know what
variety OF hawk this wsa, but every other
bird that numerous flock -vobips, sparrows,
ruby s'owus, blue brds goldhnch, Phoebe.
bird, cnicaios, K'nshsheT, and the doubtful
yellow rcd poiI--wsrs sli varieties peculiar 70
America
should like 70 quote more OF this charm.
tng record but space forblda I will give
only one more short paragraph, written
under dass Of Thursday May 3Oth, with which
I close:
"Ons likes 70 come upon spring In . walk.
This aitornoun We were seldom out OF o1ght
Of ouA We counted moro than dozen dis.
tince fountaiu.hsads within . distance OF Q
milA One filled clear, sandy pool, On level,
grsssy ground, near the hank Of the river |;
another, within the Forest lay In . iittle
rocky bssin, lined with last years leaves |:
another fell in full measure over . dark Cliff,
moistening Q broad space Of the r0ck, which,
In winter, it never iails 70 cover With sheos
Of frost work. More than one lay among the
roots OF tho forest trees, and Others, again,
kept In company on the high wsy, running
clear aud bubbiiuR through the ditcheo BY
the roadside There In quiet beauty shout
them all which never fails to give pleasure.
Ttore IL grace in their purity-in their sim.
plicity-which 10 soothing 70 the spirit, and,
perhaps among earth's thousand voices, there
II none other % swoetly humble, % lowly,
yet ~ cheerful, - the voice OF The gentle
sprinp passing on their way 70 al our daily
cup" UNcAa